YouTube reached a confidential settlement with a Florida teen who sued over alleged social‑media addiction, exiting a California bellwether trial while Meta, Snap and TikTok face a July jury.

Sunrun, Tesla and startups are pitching a plan to marshal rooftop solar, batteries and smart devices in millions of homes to free power for AI data centers during peak demand. Regulators and local communities are watching closely.

Antares Therapeutics has struck a partnership with Novartis that could be worth about $1.9 billion, bringing fresh funding to its South San Francisco and Boston teams.

Northwestern's Project DRIVE provided software Apple used to let Vision Pro wearers steer powered wheelchairs with their eyes. The feature rolls out initially with limited drive‑system support.

A whistleblower suit unsealed this week alleges decades of kickbacks and false government claims tied to Xolair, naming Genentech, Novartis and other drugmakers.

Menlo Ventures marked its 50th anniversary by announcing $3 billion across two AI funds aimed at seed‑to‑growth startups. The raise expands the firm’s bets in infrastructure, healthcare and enterprise AI.

Blocking an age‑linked enzyme regenerated hyaline cartilage in mice and produced early repair signals in human knee tissue, researchers report.

San Diego’s cAMPfield closed a $180M Series A to advance prifemilast, a once‑daily oral PDE4B inhibitor, into global trials for IBD.

A tiny peptide called BRP cut meals in mice and minipigs and drove fat‑specific weight loss; human testing is not yet underway.

Nobel-winning AlphaFold lead John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind to join Anthropic, shifting high‑profile AI talent toward San Francisco’s labs.

Cepheid opened a 180,000‑square‑foot Building 5 in Lodi on May 28, 2026, completing a multi‑building manufacturing campus and boosting local diagnostic production.

Midjourney unveiled an AI‑powered full‑body ultrasonic scanner that it says can image a person in about 60 seconds. The company plans a Union Square spa rollout while experts call for independent validation.

San José says its AI Upskilling Program has trained about 1,000 city workers who are building custom AI assistants to speed 311, permitting and emergency readiness.